Enel's Unnamed Albanian Power Station

In its 2007 annual report the Italian energy company Enel states that "in Albania, Enel signed a memorandum of understanding with that country’s Ministry for the Economy for the development of a 1,300 MW coal-fired plant and the construction of interconnection to enable the import of a significant portion of its output into Italy."

Later in its annual report the company states that "On December 3, 2007, Enel signed a memorandum of understanding with Albania under which Enel plans to build a cutting-edge thermal generation plant fuelled by imported coal with an estimated capacity of some 1,300 MW. In addition to meeting growing demand in Albania’s domestic market, it will also serve the market in Italy, once the new interconnection lines between the two countries are completed, and those in south-eastern Europe. The new plant will provide Albania with baseload power at competitive costs and making a decisive contribution to rebalancing the mix of the country’s sources of power, which are currently almost entirely accounted for by hydroelectric facilities."

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